Unreal Bootcamp

The Epic Bootcamp Animation 2023 was an intensive four-week course initiated by Epic Games. It was hosted by UT-Hub, instructors from INCAS Training and other Epic training partners. Hundreds of participants from all over the globe focused on short animated film sequences using Unreal Engine 5. It was very inspiring to meet a lot of interesting people (via a Discord server) from all kinds of different backgrounds starting to use a Game Engine for a lot of different new purposes.

I supported my girlfriend who was working in Fortaleza at the time, so I had to relocate to Brazil for three months just before the course started. Due to the time zone difference, I had to get up at 3 a.m. to attend the live sessions. So for me the time schedule was a little bit intense, but I was very happy to be still able to participate. I also got a chance to learn some kiteboarding on the beautiful beaches and in the perfect wind conditions of Cumbuco which was a welcome contrast to all the screen time.



I used assets for the main character and the environment from fab.com. Special Thanks to Tom Baumann who was so kind to host a little motion capturing session at his mocap studio quantum stage in Switzerland. It was amazing to be able to direct a short mocap shoot (via video call) with the great acting of Ophir Raray.





I wrote a concept with a plot and a moodboard. You can also see some photos of the storyboard from my sketchbook.